Identify oxidizing and reducing agent
Zn+2HCl=ZnCl2+Fe
Answers
Answer:When zinc metal is submerged into a quantity of aqueous HCl, the following reaction occurs (Figure 5.4 "Zinc Metal plus Hydrochloric Acid"):
Zn(s) + 2HCl(aq) → H2(g) + ZnCl2(aq)
This is one example of what is sometimes called a single replacement reaction because Zn replaces H in combination with Cl.
Because some of the substances in this reaction are aqueous, we can separate them into ions:
Zn(s) + 2H+(aq) + 2Cl−(aq) → H2(g) + Zn2+(aq) + 2Cl−(aq)
Viewed this way, the net reaction seems to be a charge transfer between zinc and hydrogen atoms. (There is no net change experienced by the chloride ion.) In fact, electrons are being transferred from the zinc atoms to the hydrogen atoms (which ultimately make a molecule of diatomic hydrogen), changing the charges on both elements.
Explanation: